Recent content by magudaman

My 2014 is in the dealer pending high voltage harness replacement and I was just left a message stating the part is back ordered with no estimated shipment date. He felt it would be 2-3 weeks before they would get it in. At least they got me a loaner but I have no car pool sticker or comfort...

I'm pretty positive the limit is 30 amps. On almost all the charge points in Bay Area they are running on 208v and I never have seen more than 6.1kw ( usually 5.8kw) . I did how ever find one that was 240v and showed something like 7.2 kW. So that computes to roughly 30a.

Wow! Very exciting! I have been dreaming about putting in a 10kw charger to the car to allow me to put a 10kw generator on a hitch. This would essentially work as funky range extender. Still not sure how the car would react as it accelerates and see 10kw less than it expects. As you start to...

It not super clear but what you see in the overview is actually around 11% to 4% true pack state of charge. I only started recording when my car was showing 2% on the my touch screen. The cell and pack voltages are low because the state of charge is so low.

I did a complete battery discharge driving my FFE and recorded the event using Forscan. I'm just over 12,400 miles and have never discharged the car past 2%. The battery depleted came up and and continued driving. Interesting finds from the complete discharge: - The actual percent (not...

The descriptions in parenthesis are quick descriptions I made of the parameters from the software which is at the left hand side. They are not static values. Full pack voltage refers to the complete pack as opposed to upper pack or lower pack. Full current was referring to the same "full" as...

I forgot to mention I also have the vehicle speed displayed in km/h The regen is negative kw, negative because it's flowing into the pack no out. I am recording amps and volts of the battery pack: amps * Volts = Watts ; watts / 1000 = Kilowatts (kw)

I'm not sure that you would generally see that 19.4kwh number while driving or in normal use circumstances. Several factors could have changed the capacity of the pack driving = ~1hr discharge verses a 3 hour discharge. First off unless the batteries are warming up during discharge, that...

So I got the data using Forscan (http://www.forscan.org). It is a ODB (On Board Diagnostic) reader program that is setup specifically for Ford Vehicles. Some one spent a lot of time building that awesome program and figuring out what all the data actually meant. Download the program, pick up...

No I am not. It was quiet a bit of fun when I went. The car may not be that fast in the straights it was taking everything I had to go fast through the corners. Better tires would really make a big difference over the LRR tires on there now. Here is the thread of my Laguna Seca...

Hmmm, I think this even is quite unique so far but it never hurts to try. The company that put on the Laguna Seca race is http://www.speedventures.com/. They are nice guys and know how to put on events like this.

I have not tried any other rims or tires but I am very interested also if this would have any changes. I was always supprised that ford did not go with a more aerodynamic rim like the insight or the prius. I want to start looking for a smaller rim that will fit the car to see if I can reduce...

I created these two charts below while doing a quick stop to get an idea how much power the car allows back in the battery at different speeds. Looks like it pegs out around 52Kw regen ~70hp. Wind was still this day with ambient around 49F. My pack was around 60% remaining. Overview: Detail:

I the tech manual says that it needs to be replaced with a battery of equal capacity and size. You can buy a CD version of the manual for about $160 from http://www.helminc.com

I had this happen once. I attributed my time to the 105 degree weather at the time and only charging on 120v. I know the sounds of the ac compressor pretty well and it was at full speed but not cooling the cabin at all. When the car is cooling the battery pack with the ac compressor I have...